Java Developer (m/f) for search engine technologies

STEPSTONE Belgium

Job Description

Your responsibilitiesThis position can be based or in Brussels or in Berlin

For our Search Team we are looking for a Java developer with in-depth knowledge of search engine technologies. With over 260,000 jobs, 8.1 million CVs, 13.6 million active subscribers and 25.4 million monthly visits the data is big and the challenge is even bigger. We need an experienced and creative professional to develop advanced technical solutions for our search engine and help take it to the next level of quality. The search team is split across offices in Brussels and Berlin, so you will work in an international environment with a team of experienced and like-minded colleagues.

Your tasksTurn business requirements into working products - design, code and refine your solutionsWork with product managers to always be ahead of the marketWrite clean, scalable, maintainable and easy-to-read codeWork in sync with other team members; share knowledge, suggestionsCoordinate work with other teams to make things happen (quality assurance, web design, Product Management)

Our requirementsVery good understanding of Java developmentAware of performance and scalability aspects in JavaKnowledge and understanding of fundamental search engine conceptsVery good knowledge of Lucene, Elasticsearch, Solr or Java-based search enginesFamiliarity with agile or lean development methodologiesKnowledge of large dataset processing and NoSQL (Hadoop, Hive, Pig, Cassandra, Couchbase, MongoDB)Previous experience of computational linguistics will be an assetKnowledge of machine-learning techniques and/or recommendation systems will be considered as a big plusVery good command of English required, other languages like German, French or Dutch are a plusInterested?We can offer you a job with many challenges.

You will be joining an experienced and dynamic team at the forefront of applying technology to the world of online recruitment, working in an international and multicultural environment where you will be able to develop your business and language skills.

In addition to an attractive salary, we can offer a performance-related bonus, meal vouchers as well as health and group insurance.

If you are interested in this position please submit your Curriculum Vitae and motivation letter in English